Cleopatra

During her reign as queen of Egypt, Cleopatra’s contacts with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony are primarily remembered (51–30 BCE). During this period, she aggressively influenced Roman politics during a crucial time. She came to represent, more than any other ancient woman, the archetype of the romantic femme fatale. She was the pioneer of her…

Cleopatra VII Philopator ruled Egypt between the years 51 BC to 30 BC as queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and as the country’s last active monarch. Her reign spanned the years 51 BC to 30 BC. She belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty and was a direct descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, who established…

Cleopatra was born in Egypt, but she traced her heritage to Macedonian Greece and the general of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I Soter. After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.,   Ptolemy controlled Egypt and established a nearly 300-year-long dynasty of Greek-speaking kings. Despite not being of Egyptian heritage, Cleopatra was the first member of the…

VIII Cleopatra Philopator was alive between 69 and 10 August 30 BC. She served as the last active monarch of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC. When Ptolemy XII Auletes was forced into exile to Rome in 58 BC due to an uprising in Egypt (a Roman client state), his rival…

From 51 to 30 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopator served as the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt’s final active monarch. She lived from 69 BC to 10 August 30 BC. Cleopatra supported the Roman Second Triumvirate, which was made up of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Caesar’s grandnephew and heir, in the civil war between…

Greek for “Famous in Her Father,” Cleopatra, or Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess, was an Egyptian queen who rose to fame in history and theatre as Julius Caesar’s lover and then as Mark Antony’s wife. She was born in 70 or 69 BCE and died in Alexandria on August 30, BCE. She governed in succession alongside…

The Ptolemies, a group of kings that controlled Ancient Egypt for about 300 years, included Cleopatra VII, also known as “Cleopatra,” as their final monarch. Egypt, Cyprus, a portion of present-day Libya, and other Middle Eastern countries were all part of Cleopatra’s kingdom. In 69 B.C., Cleopatra was born into an unstable royal family. The…

Like most rulers of her era, Cleopatra believed she was divine, and she and other members of her family were hailed as gods and goddesses from the moment they were born. Being extremely self-conscious, Cleopatra kept her allure with displays of grandeur, associating with the gods’ Isis and Aphrodite. As a result, she contributed significantly…

Ptolemy XII, the governing Ptolemaic pharaoh, and an unidentified mother, most likely Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (also known as Cleopatra V Tryphaena), the mother of Cleopatra’s older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia, had Cleopatra VII as their first child in early 69 BC. A few months after the birth of Cleopatra in 69 BC, Cleopatra Tryphaena vanishes…

From 51 to 30 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopator served as the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt’s last active monarch. She was born in 69 BC and died on August 10, 30 BC. She belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty and was a direct descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, an Alexander the Great buddy and Macedonian Greek general….

Cleopatra (Greek:, “Famous in Her Father”), full name Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (“Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess”), (born 70/69 BCE—died 30 August BCE, Alexandria), Egyptian queen, famous in history and theatre as the lover of Julius Caesar and eventually the wife of Mark Antony. She became queen upon the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in…